Marginal Literature
Objectives
Students will get familiarized with a range of texts and genres traditionally considered 'minor' or even devoid of value, Most of them will be seen by the student through a different theoretical light for the first time. The goal is to enrich the students' awareness on the richness of literature - even the 'lesser one'.
General characterization
Code
01100545
Credits
6.0
Responsible teacher
Rui Barreira Zink
Hours
Weekly - 4
Total - 168
Teaching language
Portuguese
Prerequisites
N/A
Bibliography
BARTHES, Roland, Fragmentos de um discurso amoroso, Lisboa, Edições 70, 1977
ECO, Umberto, Apocalípticos e Integrados, Lisboa, Difel, 1991
HATHERLY, Ana, A reinvenção da leitura - ensaio seguido de 19 poemas visuais, Lisboa, Futura, 1975
ISER, Wolfgang, The Act of Reading, Baltimore, John Hopkins U.P., 1978
McCLOUD, Scott, Understanding Comics, Northampton MA, Kitchen Sink Press, 1993
PIMENTA, Alberto, O Silêncio dos Poetas, Lisboa, Cotovia, 1990
SARAIVA, Arnaldo, Literatura marginal/zada, Porto, Árvore, 1975
SPIEGELMAN, Art, Maus, Lisboa, Quetzal, 2014 VONNEGUT, Kurt, Matadouro 5, Lisboa, Bertrand, 2011
ZINK, Rui, Literatura Gráfica?, Lisboa, Celta, 1999 ZINK, Rui, O Humor de Bolso de José Vilhena, Lisboa, Celta, 2000
Teaching method
Each class has a lecture mode and is later open for open debate. Participation and in-class presentation are encouraged.
Evaluation method
Continuous assessment - Final paper(40%), Participation(20%), Quiz(40%)
Subject matter
1. Marginal literature
1.1. What about the canon?
1.2. Marginal, a dubious concept
1.3. Mass vs. popular culture
1.4. XX Century: frontiers and fusion
1.5. "All literature is marginal"?
2. Paraliterature in print
2.1. Popular print: the case of Brasil
2.2. Plot machines: the detective novel. Dennis McShade
2.3. Scifi or political fiction? Frank Herbert's Dune
2.4. Humor and satyre
2.5. Comics/Graphic novels
2.6. Chronicles. Lobo Antunes, Miguel Esteves Cardoso
2.7. Song writers. Sérgio Godinho, Leonard Cohen
3. Paraliterature in other settings
3.1. Theater/happening/performance Felizes da Fé
3.2. Experimental/concrete poetry: Po.Ex: Hatherly, Melo e Castro
3.3. Artists' book/Mail Art. Fernando Aguiar/José Oliveira
3.4. Cinema. Vale Abraão (Agustina e Oliveira)
3.5. Radio/TV: Dennis Potter
3.6. Internet, hipertext, e-readers: Os Surfistas, Arquivo Pessoa
3.8. Slam Poetry. Poetas do Povo.
3.9. Facebook poetry?